{"product_id":"contemporary-concrete-buildings-hardcover","title":"Contemporary Concrete Buildings - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Jodidio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is \u003cstrong\u003eone of the noble materials of contemporary architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e. A kind of \"liquid stone\" at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This \u003cem\u003eBibliotheca Universalis \u003c\/em\u003eedition highlights the \u003cstrong\u003ebest work done in concrete of recent years\u003c\/strong\u003e. It includes such stars as \u003cstrong\u003eZaha Hadid, Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Holl\u003c\/strong\u003e, but also surprising new architects like the Russians \u003cstrong\u003eSPEECH\u003c\/strong\u003e and artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eJames Turrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 7.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67588837966073,"sku":"9783836564939","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0LxJmUkhcP9783836564939.webp?v=1793699294","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/contemporary-concrete-buildings-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}